Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band is a complete curriculum for beginning band students to help them grow as ensemble musicians. The series complements any band method and supplements any performance music. It contains 167 exercises, including more than 100 chorales by some of today's most renowned young band composers. Various exercises at the grade 1/2, 1, and 1 1/2 levels are grouped by key, including: * Long Tones* Passing the Tonic* Pitch Matching* Scale Builders* Interval Builders* Expanding Intervals* Chord Builders* Moving Chord Tones* Diatonic Harmony* Rhythmic Subdivision* 5-Note Scales* Scale Canons (5-, 6-, or 8-Note Scales)* Scale Chorales (5-, 6-, and 8-Note Scales) * ChoralesThe compositions were written by Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Jodie Blackshaw, Matt Conaway, Ralph Ford, Tyler S. Grant, Rob Grice, John O'Reilly, Robert Sheldon, Todd Stalter, Randall Standridge, Michael Story, and Scott Watson. Whether your students are progressing through exercises to better their technical facility, or improving their musicianship with beautiful chorales, we are confident your performers will be excited, motivated, and inspired by using Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band. / Concert Band
SKU: CL.032-4176-01
Feature your developing alto saxophone or trumpet star on this tasty rock ballad. Lush ensemble sections provide the perfect compliment to the lovely solo theme, and provide a solid foundation for your young soloist. For that special moment in your concert, show-off the lyrical side of your jazz band with A Moment Like This..
SKU: BT.DHP-1125341-130
9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.
Since most of the bands competing in the 4th Section of the Dutch National Championships have many young players, this piece is stylistically youthful— especially in the opening and closing sections. An arpeggio pattern appears numerous times in all registers and is the basic musical element of the main melody, alternating with a second theme that has a slightly different melodic character. The middle section is conceived like a chorale, introduced and developed stepwise: firstly with short patterns and gradually in increasingly long snippets, until it’s played in its glorious entirety at measure 216. No real solo passages are included but rather small chambercombinations, thus offering the opportunity to various players to display their technical and performance skills. The finale recaptures musical material from the first section of the piece and provides a majestic conclusion. Vermits de meeste bands die aan het jaarlijkse NBK (Nederlandse Brass Band Kampioenschappen) deelnemen veel jonge muzikanten in hun rangen hebben, is dit werk overwegend jeugdig van karakter - vooral in de hoekdelen. Een arpeggio-figuur vormt de basis van het hoofdthema en het verschijnt in alle registers. Een tweede muzikaal gegeven dialogeert met die hoofdmelodie: samen stofferen ze de openingssectie van het werk. Dan volgt een koraalmatig middendeel: stapsgewijs worden korte en nadien steeds langere melodische fragmenten aan elkaar geregen tot de koraal in haar volle pracht integraal weerklinkt aan maat 205. Echte solopassages komen niet voor in dit werk, maar viadiverse kleine kamermuziek-combinaties wordt aan diverse musici de mogelijkheid geboden hun muzikale kwaliteiten te etaleren. In de laatste beweging worden een aantal muzikale bouwstenen van het begindeel hernomen en verder uitgewerkt om dan te besluiten in een majestueus slot.
SKU: CL.032-4607-01
Young jazz bands will have lots of fun developing their swing chops with this creative and very easy chart! Trumpets get a chance to use the wa-wa effect, piano gets to show off with short written fills, and the drummer has a short (or extended) solo spot. The open solo section (written solos included) allows the soloist(s) to trade-off with the band background parts, so they don't have to solo for the full 12 bars. Paper Jam is effective, easy, fun - and highly recommended!
SKU: HL.4006602
UPC: 840126919172. 11.0x17.0x0.049 inches.
Scalin' and Wailin' is a flexible, fun piece written with a differentiated instruction model. Three different difficulty levels meet students where they're at in their development and allows space for each to grow. This piece is also ideal for educators and conductors looking for side by side programming - younger ensembles can all play within the easiest group and more advanced ensembles can play within the more difficult groups, all fitting together in one energetic piece. Celebrate BandQuest's 20th anniversary with this special release, and find what works for your ensemble! BandQuest(r), an exciting series of new music and accompanying curricula for band, is a program published by the American Composers Forum. The series was started as a response to feedback from music educators that there is a pressing need for new, fresh band music. The heart of this program is new works written by a diverse group of leading American composers who have created challenging pieces that are a true departure from standard middle school repertoire. Every BandQuest project includes a residency component in which the composer works collaboratively with a middle school as they create their new piece. Many BandQuest pieces are accompanied by an interdisciplinary curriculum designed to assist students as they learn the music and to integrate each piece with non-music studies. Visit www.bandquest.org to learn more about this innovative series, and email bandquest@composersforum.org to request a free downloadable audio catalog.
SKU: PE.EP72954
ISBN 9790577012421. 190 x 272mm inches. English.
Paul Phoenix’s Choral Workshop Collection is the first in a series of Edition Peters choral compilations selected by choral clinicians, primarily to support their programme of choral workshops. This edition focuses on performance practice, bringing together a variety of styles, languages and challenges in order to display the unique principles developed by Paul Phoenix as a world-renowned performance coach.
Paul Phoenix has extensive knowledge and experience of how vocal ensembles can unlock their best possible performance and engage with their audience. After seventeen years as tenor with The King’s Singers, Paul founded PurpleVocals, concentrating on educating, mentoring, lecturing, speaking and coaching. He offers new perspectives and advice on the career development of young and developing voices, as well as coaching choirs, ensembles and their conductors across the USA, Europe and Asia.
SKU: CL.024-4745-00
All things mysterious happen between midnight and dawn, and composer Mike Hammonds has captured the feeling of dreams and nightmares in From Midnight ‘Til Dawn. Creative use of the key of g minor along with generous use of open fourths and fifths gives the music an air of medieval mystery. With cross-cueing between sections and minimal demands on your players, this piece will stand out for any young ensemble. Exceptional programmatic music for the very young band!
SKU: PR.144406090
UPC: 680160624072. 9 x 12 inches.
The Passacaglia was a first composition for brass for a young Bernofsky, and an early glimpse of the composer's talent. Dedicated to trombonist Brian Diehl, the opening features, appropriately, a solo trombone in a quiet statement of the theme. Joined by one instrument after another, the ensemble develops a layered exploration to crescendo before the denouement. So captivating was the Passacaglia, that Bernofsky was asked to create versions also for trombone ensemble and for larger brass ensemble. Listen to a performance by the Indiana University Brass Choir at Bernofsky's website.
SKU: CL.011-4389-01
Our planet's close encounters with NEOs (Near Earth Objects) provide the foundation for this unique work for younger ensembles. Pulsing rhythmic patterns combine with simple melodic statements to create an ominous soundscape that will provide a one-of-a-kind experience for your students and audiences alike! A fascinating and provocative musical experience for your developing band.
About C.L. Barnhouse Command Series
The Barnhouse Command Series includes works at grade levels 2, 2.5, and 3. This series is designed for middle school and junior high school bands, as well as high school bands of smaller instrumentation or limited experience. Command Series publications have a slightly larger instrumentation than the Rising Band Series, and are typically of larger scope, duration, and musical content.
